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The community centre will help Odia people in holding meetings and marriages, etc” He said migrant Odias in Surat will be covered under Biju Swasthya Kalyan Yojana. Patnaik was in the city to attend Odisha Mohatsav organized by Surat Pravasi Odia Samaj at Amroli.Addressing the gathering, Patnaik said Surat is home to migrant population from Odisha and that the state’s people are working in textile, diamond and chemical industries. Surat: The maiden event of Odisha chief minister Naveen Patnaik in the Diamond City was more like a show of strength with thousands of Odia community members coming to see him and also film stars and others on Monday evening.The visit of Patnaik to the Diamond City, which has more than 7 lakh migrant Odia workers, is important in view of Lok Sabha elections in May 2019. I was longing to meet all of you. Odisha Government is taking steps to ensure that its people in Surat were well protected and had facilities such as trains, flights, community halls, schools and high schools for their benefit.Patnaik said, “More than 7 lakh people from Odisha staying in Surat are ambassadors of Odisha’s culture and traditions..